Huh... There was no need to bring this thread afloat after more than a year of inactivity, in my opinion. If you felt like discussing the right for people to defend themselves, then you could have just opened a new thread, instead posting here again, but whatever.

In the case of my country, right of self-defense only applies to people you have a dangerous enough job, so they would be granted the right to bear weapons and a document for their to conceal carry within the territory of the republic, otherwise, our government expect us to play the role of victims and do nothing, so they can work later on the case and do justice.
I believe much of the topic on self-defense has much to do with the political and societal tradition of the country where it is applied or not.

Fortunately, there are Republics in South America where there is a non-existant tradition of weapons and yet they offer some options for their citizens to opt of the rights to carry handguns of their own protection.